[OSX-Users] Re: Office 2016 - avoid on El Capitan (or don't upgrade)

[Chris Andrews]

Details on what the actual problem was:

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29982341#p29982341

TL;DR: It was an sqlite bug.

Chris

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 at 12:05 Tim Chown <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> They clearly listen :)
>
> Just installed. Took around 30 mins. Let’s see…
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> > On 22 Oct 2015, at 09:09, Jules Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > And, lo and behold, this morning El Capitan 10.11.1 update is available.
> > 2nd item in the fix list is:
> >    - Improves compatibility with Microsoft Office 2016
> >
> > So let's see if they've sorted it between them...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jules.
> >
> >
> > On 21/10/2015 17:23, Tim Chown wrote:
> >> That is what the article I linked says ;)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tim
> >>
> >>> On 21 Oct 2015, at 15:33, Hugh Davis <hcd at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I suspect Chris is correct. I think the latest version of Office was
> working fine on 10.10
> >>> /h.
> >>>
> >>> Hugh Davis
> >>>
> >>> Professor of Learning Technologies
> >>>
> >>> Director of Institute for Learning Innovation and Development (ILIaD)
> >>>
> >>> Tel:  +44 (0)2380 593669
> >>>
> >>> Building 16 Rm 1045
> >>>
> >>> Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
> >>>
> >>> Co-ordinates at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/
> >>>
> >>> My calendar is at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/hcdcal.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: <osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> on behalf of Chris Andrews <w at lfie.org
> <mailto:w at lfie.org>>
> >>> Reply-To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> <mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
> >>> Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2015 at 15:22
> >>> To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
> >>> Subject: [OSX-Users] Re: Office 2016 - avoid on El Capitan (or don't
> upgrade)
> >>>
> >>> I don't use MS Office much (only Outlook - and under duress) so
> haven't really observed this first-hand, but I did see a statement from MS
> recently about it that said "we continue to work with Apple on a fix" -
> implying that there's something wrong in OS X as much as in Office. Might
> need 10.11.1 to really get it back off the ground again.
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 at 15:19 Hugh Davis <hcd at soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> hcd at soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
> >>> I have this problem too.
> >>> Partcularly with my laptop when it sleeps when its running MS office
> apps – wakes up again with all apps crashed.
> >>> Annoying, but I have not lost anything yet.
> >>>
> >>> /h.
> >>>
> >>> Hugh Davis
> >>>
> >>> Professor of Learning Technologies
> >>>
> >>> Director of Institute for Learning Innovation and Development (ILIaD)
> >>>
> >>> Tel:  +44 (0)2380 593669
> >>>
> >>> Building 16 Rm 1045
> >>>
> >>> Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
> >>>
> >>> Co-ordinates at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/
> >>>
> >>> My calendar is at http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/hcdcal.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: <osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk><mailto:
> osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> on behalf of Tim Chown <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> ><mailto:tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> >>> Reply-To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> <mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk><mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> <mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> >>> Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2015 at 13:45
> >>> To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk><mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:
> osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>>
> >>> Subject: [OSX-Users] Office 2016 - avoid on El Capitan (or don't
> upgrade)
> >>>
> >>> I’ve been getting significant crashes and start-up hangs (requiring
> forced quits) since going to El Capitan.
> >>>
> >>> Seems it’s a common problem. I’d advise against the combination of
> Office 2016 for mac and OS X 10.11 until this is fixed. It’s very annoying.
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.macworld.com/article/2993132/software-productivity/office-2016-for-mac-update-doesnt-include-fix-for-crashes-under-os-x-el-capitan.html
> >>>
> >>> Tim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > Jules
> >
> > --
> > Jules Field MEng MBCS CITP CEng
> > email+iMessage: Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> > Twitter: @JulesFM
> >
> > Senior Tutor, Electronics and Computer Science
> > Teaching Systems Manager, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering
> > University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
> >
> >
>
>
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